THE CM questionnaire

[Tomo]

I support this thread. Bump.

[zh1nt0]

I would appreciate a friendlier tone from you. I understand you want your questions answered and it's a good initiative to put up a post like this but at least have the courtesy to treat other people with dignity and respect.

Thread forwarded.

Originally Posted by sharpnelsoon

so as the CM is sucessfuly avoiding all the big questions lets start a thread that manages to keep all those questions in the same page and try to get some attention upon them.

i´ll start off this few that just spring to my mind with no effort, you guys please post yours and i´ll add them up to the OP.

this thread point is to make the CM life hard in the sense its a lot more shameful to avoid a thread like this instead of 20 diluted threads with a question each and at the same time to make his life easier if he decides to do his job wich is to manage the community requests and doubts.

please no trolling and we might see some real answers to some real questions.
thank you.

1- why was the AT4 nerfed?

2- is the chatbox bug going to be adressed soon?

3- what are the ETA´s on the mode packs release?

4- does DICE plans to release any new maps at all? and when?

5- is the all bronze star insignias requirements an error that needs to be adressed or will we have to buy the SPECACT to get them?

6-is the removal of the revive inv. beeing considered still or is forgotten?

7- scopes on G3 and M14? yes or no once and for all?

8 - How is DICE going to deal with the leaked server files.Will they officially release them,bring down the modified servers or just do nothing?

9 - wasn´t the friends list suposed to be increased to 100 in this last patch?if yes an ETA on the fix?

10 - wasn´t the G3 suposed to return to its former glory in the 1.03 patch?is it going to be corrected? when?

11 - any chance of getting friendly mine indicators on the gadget or the mini map like the c4 has?

[PiiSmith]

Originally Posted by VodkaGR

Could you give me a small list of these ''indie''games?I am really interested

I guess Indie FPS games would interest you most. So here are some links. All this games are upcoming titles:
Natural Selection 2 Community Site
Red Orchestra: Heroes Of Stalingrad -
Brink Game Official Site | Splash Damage | Bethesda Softworks (Not really indie, as Bethesda stands behind it. Yet they promised mod tools, server files and all the goodies you expect)
Interstellar Marines

[PiiSmith]

Originally Posted by zh1nt0

I would appreciate a friendlier tone from you. I understand you want your questions answered and it's a good initiative to put up a post like this but at least have the courtesy to treat other people with dignity and respect.

Thread forwarded.

Yes friendlier, Sir, Mr. Forwarder ermm Mr. Community Manager.

[Tomo]

Originally Posted by zh1nt0

I would appreciate a friendlier tone from you. I understand you want your questions answered and it's a good initiative to put up a post like this but at least have the courtesy to treat other people with dignity and respect.

Thread forwarded.

I have to agree, this thread is a good idea and will help zh1nt0 to help us by keeping the 'big' issues in one place, but there is no need to be offensive.

[VodkaGR]

Originally Posted by PiiSmith

I guess Indie FPS games would interest you most. So here are some links. All this games are upcoming titles:
Natural Selection 2 Community Site
Red Orchestra: Heroes Of Stalingrad -
Brink Game Official Site | Splash Damage | Bethesda Softworks (Not really indie, as Bethesda stands behind it. Yet they promised mod tools, server files and all the goodies you expect)
Interstellar Marines

I played the Interstellar Marines demo.Best ADS animation in any game that has ever existed.Also,the aiming feels so smooth that i can headshot 10 moving targets in a row without missing in about 8-9 secs.(Bullseye training)
Also,great graphics and excellent performance

If this game was a little cheaper it would DEFINITELY be in my -to buy- list
It's 45€ i think.But probably i will still buy it

Red Orchestra seems innovative.WW2 with a realistic approach.I predict unlimited competitive oppurtunities.CG_addtobuylist 1

As for Brink,if there are really mod tools i will buy it even if it costs more than my PC

[al_kamone]

maybe i missed a post of the author, or it was edited before i could read it. but i couldn't find any offensive or rude words in the op's posts.

[ubrytybtyd]

Originally Posted by zh1nt0

I would appreciate a friendlier tone from you. I understand you want your questions answered and it's a good initiative to put up a post like this but at least have the courtesy to treat other people with dignity and respect.

Thread forwarded.

You get what you(dice) give.

[halninekay]

Originally Posted by sharpnelsoon

8 - How is DICE going to deal with the leaked server files.Will they officially release them,bring down the modified servers or just do nothing?

Here a quote from Kalms, I asked him by e Mail yesterday.

There are people from several departments within EA working on it. Our end goal is to ensure that regular players get the regular play experience.

This means: They are working hard on it!

[Dokteur_Kill]

zhinto: I agree that the original poster was a bit... sharp in his wording. But I would also say that this is a short and comprehensive list of the issues that really concern the PC community. It's well worth it for the dev team to take a serious look at it IMO.

Originally Posted by VodkaGR

Red Orchestra seems innovative.WW2 with a realistic approach.I predict unlimited competitive oppurtunities.CG_addtobuylist 1

Incidentally, you can get the first game (Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45) for 10€ (which probably means it only costs 10$ for you US types) on Steam. Don't know how many active servers there still are, but when I last played it ~6 months ago I had no problem finding servers to play on. It's a very different game from BC2 (and just about everything else), though. I like both games, but for different reasons.

Also, it has been (rightfully) criticized for having a very steep learning curve. It usually takes at least 10 hours to get into it before you start playing effectively. Heroes of Stalingrad is supposed to be somewhat gentler in the starting phase, without sacrificing any authenticity in the long run.

Too bad you missed it on the steam summer sale, though. I think they sold it for 2.50 € one of the days :-/

[sharpnelsoon]

Originally Posted by zh1nt0

I would appreciate a friendlier tone from you. I understand you want your questions answered and it's a good initiative to put up a post like this but at least have the courtesy to treat other people with dignity and respect.

Thread forwarded.

this is a friendly tone, if i sounded ofensive im sorry but you also sound like you aren´t the messias everyone was hopping for.

but i understand your position and dont assume you´re a bad person or that you are beeing unresponsive and desinterested just cause you want.

i know you only say and do what you are alowed to do , and the extension of what you are alowed many times depends on the way we also do things , hence my "agressive and disturbing" tone.

but in the end my only intention is to help you do your job by gathering the most important questions the community has in one thread eliminating many others that wont surely be created if some of this answers ever come through.

if this works DICE will also be able to rebuild some of the trust it once had from this community and you will be certainly most apreciated for beeing a real CM like we expected and not just another BAZA with corporate pre formated responses and complete lack of REAL respect for the PC community.

nothing personal you know but as a the battlefield PC CM you gotta know how to take the heat cause this is not getting better , and that´s not our fault.

[sharpnelsoon]

just on a side note , i think i was the first not to have that "GOOD POST, I AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS" kind of reply from you, and im glad i didn´t cause now you sounded like a real person and that´s what we want to feel.

keep those (important and relevant) questions coming people!!!

[MightyLolrus]

I agree with Sharpnelson. Zhinto, you are most certainly a good champ IRL but now you are working with men who once saw their platform shine and just plainly pwn the whole gaming market. Nowadays we get it in da butt on a daily basis. So you gotta excuse our bitterness!

On to a a problem:

The queue-system works great, but let's say that I join as number 8 of 8 in the queue. Each time the queue refreshes (eg it goes to 7 of 8, or 8 of 9) the "NOTICE" in the upper left corner jumps diagonally down and right until it kind of leaves the screen to the bottom right.

Not a big issue but it most certainly looks poor!

[zh1nt0]

I just received the answers and here they are:


1- why was the AT4 nerfed?
Demize99 is on semester at the moment so we need to ask him when he gets back. (not for public) (The person who can answer this is currently on vacation).

2- is the chatbox bug going to be adressed soon?
We know this has been an issue and we are looking into bugs within the last patch including the chatbox issue.

3- what are the ETA´s on the mode packs release?
The map pack release dates will be announced prior to their release for each pack usually at 16:00'clock upon the days of release.

4- does DICE plans to release any new maps at all? and when?
DICE is releasing map packs with new game modes on already existing maps. Vietnam will bring new maps to Bad Company 2.

5- is the all bronze star insignias requirements an error that needs to be adressed or will we have to buy the SPECACT to get them?
It is a bug within the game and SPECACT isn’t required to obtain the insignias. We had to remove SPECACT from the patch due to it was causing problems but we are looking to add it as soon as we locate the problem.

6-is the removal of the revive inv. beeing considered still or is forgotten?
This is something we are investigating on how to best implement a new system for reviving with invulnerability removed.

7- scopes on G3 and M14? yes or no once and for all?
We are receiving many questions about this and Demize99 has already explained they won’t be in there anytime soon and is constantly under review.

8 - How is DICE going to deal with the leaked server files.Will they officially release them,bring down the modified servers or just do nothing?
We are aware of this and are urging everyone not to play on those servers. We are working on bringing down the leaked servers already. Server files will not be officially released.

9 - wasn´t the friends list suposed to be increased to 100 in this last patch?if yes an ETA on the fix?
This is a backend stability limit. When the game released we needed to keep the load down by limiting friends to 20. We may increase the limit in the future but this hasn’t been confirmed yet.

10 - wasn´t the G3 suposed to return to its former glory in the 1.03 patch?is it going to be corrected? when?
There were no plans to return the G3 to what it was but to balance it more with other guns.

11 - any chance of getting friendly mine indicators on the gadget or the mini map like the c4 has?
It is something we haven’t considered adding but is a possible addition in the future. We however don't know when this will happen.

[sharpnelsoon]

Originally Posted by zh1nt0

I just received the answers and here they are:


1- why was the AT4 nerfed?
Demize99 is on semester at the moment so we need to ask him when he gets back. (not for public) (The person who can answer this is currently on vacation).

2- is the chatbox bug going to be adressed soon?
We know this has been an issue and we are looking into bugs within the last patch including the chatbox issue.

3- what are the ETA´s on the mode packs release?
The map pack release dates will be announced prior to their release for each pack usually at 16:00'clock upon the days of release.

4- does DICE plans to release any new maps at all? and when?
DICE is releasing map packs with new game modes on already existing maps. Vietnam will bring new maps to Bad Company 2.

5- is the all bronze star insignias requirements an error that needs to be adressed or will we have to buy the SPECACT to get them?
It is a bug within the game and SPECACT isn’t required to obtain the insignias. We had to remove SPECACT from the patch due to it was causing problems but we are looking to add it as soon as we locate the problem.

6-is the removal of the revive inv. beeing considered still or is forgotten?
This is something we are investigating on how to best implement a new system for reviving with invulnerability removed.

7- scopes on G3 and M14? yes or no once and for all?
We are receiving many questions about this and Demize99 has already explained they won’t be in there anytime soon and is constantly under review.

8 - How is DICE going to deal with the leaked server files.Will they officially release them,bring down the modified servers or just do nothing?
We are aware of this and are urging everyone not to play on those servers. We are working on bringing down the leaked servers already. Server files will not be officially released.

9 - wasn´t the friends list suposed to be increased to 100 in this last patch?if yes an ETA on the fix?
This is a backend stability limit. When the game released we needed to keep the load down by limiting friends to 20. We may increase the limit in the future but this hasn’t been confirmed yet.

10 - wasn´t the G3 suposed to return to its former glory in the 1.03 patch?is it going to be corrected? when?
There were no plans to return the G3 to what it was but to balance it more with other guns.

11 - any chance of getting friendly mine indicators on the gadget or the mini map like the c4 has?
It is something we haven’t considered adding but is a possible addition in the future. We however don't know when this will happen.

well im suprised,and very pleased , im sure that what you just did earned you a ton of respect from everyone around here including me.
im gonna quote your post in the OP so everyone can be updated, many thanks again.

respect

PS: to the MODS - please close this thread as im going to create another one with the full table of answers so people can make further sugestions based on them that may help solve some of the pending issues regarding some fixes.

this im sure will eliminate a lot of the anger around not to say a lot of unecessary threads that usualy end up in flames.
thx for everyones colaboration.

[VodkaGR]

Originally Posted by zh1nt0

I just received the answers and here they are:


8 - How is DICE going to deal with the leaked server files.Will they officially release them,bring down the modified servers or just do nothing?
We are aware of this and are urging everyone not to play on those servers. We are working on bringing down the leaked servers already. Server files will not be officially released.

Seems i got my answer.Bye modified servers

As for the maps,it's clear.There will be no new maps except Vietnam.

Thanks zh1nt0 .

[Chowley]

Originally Posted by zh1nt0

I would appreciate a friendlier tone from you. I understand you want your questions answered and it's a good initiative to put up a post like this but at least have the courtesy to treat other people with dignity and respect.

Thread forwarded.

Arent you being rather precious? Im sorry but what can you expect. This community has been treated rather badly by Dice. Check out the attitude of Demize, the lies about the map packs, the lack of communication, the dodging of valid questions. The balance issues. The patch delays due to Specact......

Reciprocation is only natural. When we feel there is some good will towards us that tone will naturally change. Im sure we all understand youre new but you still have to show you will communicate well with us, promises of forwarding issues is one thing, we need to see responses and promises fulfilled.
You know what would really change the community. Releasing a real map pack for free as was implied from the very release of the game. Modding tools is another thing. As long as developers treat pc players like console players this is only natural.

There also seems to be an attitude running through Dice that we should all prostrate ourselves at your feet at any sign of a Dice avatar. Have a word with your colleagues a friendlier and more humble attitude would also go a long way.

Please dont take this is a hostile post, its not. Im just trying to explain the situation or how i see how a lot of pc players feel.

[Chowley]

Originally Posted by zh1nt0

I just received the answers and here they are:


1- why was the AT4 nerfed?
Demize99 is on semester at the moment so we need to ask him when he gets back. (not for public) (The person who can answer this is currently on vacation).

2- is the chatbox bug going to be adressed soon?
We know this has been an issue and we are looking into bugs within the last patch including the chatbox issue.

3- what are the ETA´s on the mode packs release?
The map pack release dates will be announced prior to their release for each pack usually at 16:00'clock upon the days of release.

4- does DICE plans to release any new maps at all? and when?
DICE is releasing map packs with new game modes on already existing maps. Vietnam will bring new maps to Bad Company 2.

5- is the all bronze star insignias requirements an error that needs to be adressed or will we have to buy the SPECACT to get them?
It is a bug within the game and SPECACT isn’t required to obtain the insignias. We had to remove SPECACT from the patch due to it was causing problems but we are looking to add it as soon as we locate the problem.

6-is the removal of the revive inv. beeing considered still or is forgotten?
This is something we are investigating on how to best implement a new system for reviving with invulnerability removed.

7- scopes on G3 and M14? yes or no once and for all?
We are receiving many questions about this and Demize99 has already explained they won’t be in there anytime soon and is constantly under review.

8 - How is DICE going to deal with the leaked server files.Will they officially release them,bring down the modified servers or just do nothing?
We are aware of this and are urging everyone not to play on those servers. We are working on bringing down the leaked servers already. Server files will not be officially released.

9 - wasn´t the friends list suposed to be increased to 100 in this last patch?if yes an ETA on the fix?
This is a backend stability limit. When the game released we needed to keep the load down by limiting friends to 20. We may increase the limit in the future but this hasn’t been confirmed yet.

10 - wasn´t the G3 suposed to return to its former glory in the 1.03 patch?is it going to be corrected? when?
There were no plans to return the G3 to what it was but to balance it more with other guns.

11 - any chance of getting friendly mine indicators on the gadget or the mini map like the c4 has?
It is something we haven’t considered adding but is a possible addition in the future. We however don't know when this will happen.

Thanks for the fast response and the honesty You have probably earned a lot of respect around here now .
Again thank you.

Really is a pity about #4 thats a killer for the game. It wraps up BC2 for me anyway imminently.

[UmPato]

Originally Posted by Chowley

Thanks for the fast response and the honesty You have probably earned a lot of respect around here now .
Again thank you.

Really is a pity about #4 thats a killer for the game. It wraps up BC2 for me anyway imminently.

And now that we know how DICE will act in the future I sure hope people stop giving away money to devs who really don't have a care for gamers. No new maps pretty much kills this game. I'm giving it 6 months until the population becomes smaller than the original CoD1.

This DICE is no longer the DICE we knew. This is something else using the same name.

[Chowley]

Ah COD1 one of the best. Loved that game, Modern Warfare is an abomination.

[crazycanuck]

closed by request of the OP.